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r DAILY EDITION - VOL. VI., No. 0. SWEEPR FICTOEY M & l P. H 1AIE : . , . .- 1 : CABINET OF Balkan Nation Approaches Brink of War, and Will Soon Be Arrayed Against the Central Powers Loudou. Sept. U.-OrwH- moved nearer to war today with the begin ning of the tilled offensive in the t Balkans. 11 HAS RESIGNED ). .., Reports that Premier Zalml has tendered the resignation of hli cab inet were confirmed from Athena. Dispatches from tho Greek capital aid the rapture of four villages by the British and the defeat of the fltil gara on both wings have created a profound sensation. The central (powers are keeping a rime eye on event! at Athena and are awaiting the flint hostllo move. The Vienna Arbiter Settling warned .. Its reader that ex-Premier Venlxelos, leader of the pro-ally party, probably - will become Oreek minuter rf .Wf r and that Greece will at once make ready to Join tho alllea. Dispatches from Berlin aald that tho attitude of Greece la being dis cussed by the kaiser and the crown prince and the. Unitarian king. Strong British forrea are reported , nfllctally to be engaging the Butynrs ' In northern Greece. On the alllea' left wing the Ser bians are following up the successes won In Saturday'a fighting and are now attacking the Bulgars with great vigor. A continuation of the present Brit lah and Serbian offensive la expected to put an Immediate end to the German-Bulgarian Invasion of non mania. iiniiircs' second campaign TRIP IlKGIXH MONDAY New York. Sept. 12. The second campaign trip of Charles E. Hughes will begin Monday after a five-day Teat following hla five-weeks' trip closing today, On September 18 he will deliver an address at the state fair In Spring field. 111., where he will make a night .address, ' The remainder of his Itinerary Is yet to be announced. SUSPECT HAS ALIBI Hlllsboro, Ore., Sept. 12. Bennett Thompson? ranch hand, on the wit ness stand In his own defense today denied that he killed Mrs. Helen Jen nings nnd Prod Rlatriian, Jltneur. at the Gore ranch last May. At the time the state alleges he was murdering Mrs, Jennings with a sledge and boating IllHtmnn to death with a hammer. Thompson declared he was at the home of hla slater-lit" law, 'Mrs. .Tnmes Thompson, 'preparing .milk for the baby, H This alibi was supported by the evi dence of Mrs, Thompson herself. She asserted the accused man was nt her homo all during the night of the double murder. ' 1 It Is aliened Thompson killed Mrs. Jennings when she scorned his ad vances and then disposed of Rlstnmn. whom he hnd hired to drlvo him to the ranch, to cover his trauks, hISTMAN MURDER G HANTS No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass 444444444444444 WHAT CHAMP (LA UK 4 TIIINK8 OV MAINE 4 - 4 4 Joplln, Mo., 8opt 12. "We 4 4 got hell licked oat of us got beat good and plenty." 4 That was Champ Clark's com- 4 ment here today on the Maine 4 election. Vice-President Marshall, how- ever, declared the republicans 4 were welcome to any comfort they could Ket out of "such a amall majority'' aa they got In 4 4 Maine. 4 444444444444444 ran SEND STOCKS some New York. Sept. 12. A new load er of the "war brides" took' Its place In stock exchange record and the common stock of t'nlted Stales Steel, the market leader, set a new hlgb record at 10i during a mllllon share day la which Wall atreet allow ed it response to the Maine election returns today. General Motors, which Jumped 4 3 to 642 against a low in 1914 of $25 a ahare outdid Bethlehem Steel, which heretofore haa been the standard Il lustration of what the war has done to American munition atocki. "Ileth" went to 600 lasl year from a quotation of 29 Vi In 1914. New York, Sept. 12. Wall street responded to Maine election returns by sending United Staiea Steel Com mon to a new high record at 1 05 and bidding many other speculative leadera up one to seven points when jthe stock exchango opened today. Republic Steel set a new record at 65; Bethlehem Steel led the activi ties of the "war ibrldes" with a gain of seven points to 507, and Interna tlonul Paper Preferred, a recent star performer, shot upward three points. Coppers also were strong. Some of the railroads were swept into the advance movement, though I the rails generally were quiet, with 'narrow changes. Reading sold with in a point or Its high record and Union Pad He waa but two points un- 'der the best price it has made since Ithe opening of the war. ALLEGES VIOLATION OP U.S. NEUTRALITY Washington, Sept. 12. Adlepatch, alleging violation of American neu trality In the holding up of the Phil ippine steamer Cebu by a British tor pedo boat inside the three-mile line, was transmitted to the Btate depart ment todav from Governor-General Harmon of the Philippines. ... Harrisons dispatch, transmitted through tho war department, declared tho Cebu was held tip only two miles from Caraboe Island, at the entrance of Manila bay. The state department will make representations to the British govern ment Immediately. The master of the Cebu reported Hint his vessel was boarded at 3:45 p. m. by an officer from a 'British tor pedo boat. The officer made inquiries about pasnongers on bonrd and took the passenger list and cargo munlfest. The officer woe trying to locate a man named Bndy. TllltlOK KILLED IN POWDUIt WOllKH KXPIONIOX Fair Chnnce, Pa. Sept. 12 Threo men were reported killed at 1:35 this afternoon when an explosion wrecked tho DuPont Ppwdercompany's works neof hero. t ' . ' Wtt PA88, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919. RESULT 0 A TIE PART! With Both U. S. Senators, AH Four Congressmen, Gover nor and State Officers Elected by Republicans, the Leaders Claim That Yote Points Way to the Election ol Hughes and Fairbanks Augusta, Maine, Sept. 12. Return of progressives to the republican fold will make the G, 0. P. majority In Maine's elections yesterday over 12, 000 practically complete returns to day showed. The re-unlted party made a clean sweep of it in the Pine Tree state gubernatorial, senatorial and con gressional. It Increased republican strength In the state legislature. Two yeurs ago the progressive gubernatorial candidate polled a trifle over 18,000 votes, and the democrats won by about 3,000. The difference is about 15,000 votes. There were only a few scattered precincts to be heard from at noon today and tho republicans claimed 15,000 would be practically the total of their majority. " Tn other words, they claimed that practically 100 per cent of the bull moose hnd returned to the old party. Tho republican victory waa made Impressive In the fact that their fight and the democratic defense was waged exclusively on national Issues It was really Wllsonism versus Hugheslsm. Headquarters for both parties here tabulated figures showing that the majority attained iby the republican gubernatorial nominee, Carl E. Mllll ken waa 13,400 ahead of Governor Curtis. Colonel Fred Hale, who opposed probably the strongest democratic candidate in the state Senator Charles V, Johnson end the man whom democracy above all others tried to elect, since he typified the Wilson politics, had a majority of 9,500 votes, according to virtually complete figures. For the short term aa United States senator, Bert M. Fernald, republican, won from Kenneth C. M. Sills, with 12,000 to spare. The four republican congressional nominees were elected with vote to spare, except In the Second district, where Daniel J. McGIUU'uddy, demo crat, whose re-election had been liractlcally conceded by the repub licans, was turned out by a bare 502 votes. "The result leaves no doubt In my mind aa to the election of Hughes in November," Frank J. Ham, republi can state campaign manager, declared to the United Prees today. "Our majority will reach more than 15. 000 by tho time the border vote now represented In the missing precincts Is heard from." The republican committee exhibit ed a mens go from Governor McCnll of Massachusetts, declaring: "The result of the" Maine election Is an unmistakable Indication of a strong trend, which I believe Is nation-wide, toward the republican presidential candidate." , Attorney General Pettangnll, cam paign manager for the democratic slate committee, aald: "The vote does not represent the majority the republicans have had In this atate In past presidential years. A similar republican majority In 1892 was followed, It may be remembered, by a sweeping of the country by Orover Cleveland," "Then yon don't think Maine will 'point tho way' this year?" he was asked. "Maine la normally republican, and Has a Paper With Full Leased IS REUNITED by the Nation in November look what happened in 1892," the democratic leader rejoined. While belittling Maine's Infallibil ity In forecasting the election two months hence, democratic leaders were plainly disappointed at their showing at the polls. Democracy poured Us strongest campaign ora tors into the Pine Tree state. They started a fire under Hughes' labor record, they preached eloquently how Wilson "kept the country out of war," and they stood pat on his Mexican policy. Five cabinet members did missionary work. The fact that the state issues were subordinated for national questions In the fight made republican politi cians here believe that the republican victory really does mean something nationally In the way of a trend back to the vrty which was ousted from power four years ago. They pointed to the fact that Ralph D. Cole, chair man of the republican national com mittee's speakers' bureau, concen trated former bull moose speakers in to Maine Roosevelt, Medlll Mc Cormlck and others of that type and made a particular bid to welcome "the party that was" back Into the O. O. P. Maine voters, they said, used their, heads, because while the general state and national tickets were overwhelm ingly republican, the down easterners i elected democratic sheriffs, county attorneys and other county officers In I all but two counties. They elected these officers at home on local lssuefe, according to the republican view and they chose others who were to represent them at the state capital and In congress on the Issues of na tional Importance. LARGE ORE BODIES Seattle, Sept. 12. Stinging one 'thousand scientific specimens of Arc tic biological life, and news that vast copper deposits are waiting on Coro nation gulf and Bathhurst Inlet to ibe mined, scientists of the Canadian Arctic expedition have arrived in Seattle today. They will leave Im mediately to report to their govern ment at Ottawa. Dr. Rudolph M. Anderson heads the scientists.'. Vilhjalmur Stefans son, head of the exploring division, Is still somewhere In the north. The natural scientists worked Independ ently of the exploration division. "Explorers .for years have been hearing of great ore deposits eat of the Mackenzie river," said Dr. An derson. Although many of the deposits are evidently of low grade, Anderson ex plained there are seams In the amyg daloldat lava filled with pure copper. I Other eclerrtlflta In the party were jj. J. O'Neill, geologist; J. R. Cox, topographer! "Diamond" Jennes, eth nologist, and George W. WHklns, photoRroipher. ! Carroll Cornell left this morning tor Glendnle and will spend a day at that place, after which he will go to Corvallli and enter O. A. C. EXPEDITION ID Wire Telegraph Service. 4 4 444444444444444 4 HUGHES GRATIFIED 4 4 AT RESULT IS MAINE 4 4 ' 4 4 PlatUburg. N. T.. Sept 12. 4 4 "I am deeply gratified at the re- 4 4 suit in Maine. We aball go for- 4 t ward with renewed confidence," 4 4 was the comment of Charles E. 4 4 Hughes on Maine election re- 4 4 turns as he arrived here this 4 4 afternoon to visit the prepared- 4 4 pesa camp. - 4 4 The republican candidate ia 4 4 aald to consider the Maine re- 4 4 suits aa vindication of hla earn- 4 4 palgn methods, and It 1 predict- 4 4 ed be will continue his attacks 4 4 on the Adamson eight-hoar law 4 4 with renewed vigor. 4 SPECIAL SESSION OF DIES IS Chicago, Sept. 12. A special ses sion of congress to pass a national woman suffrage amendment was sug gested to President Wilson today fcy Miss Alice Paul. Washington, D. C, chairman of the congressional com mittee of the Woman's party. Miss Paul's statement follows: "The overwhelming defeat of the democratic forces in Maine Indicates how necessary to Mr. Wilson will be 91 electorisJ votes in the 12 states where women vote, so as to enable him to win In November. "We suggest to Mr. Wilson that n take heed before it is too rate and call a special session of congress to pass the national woman suffrage amendment. Only In this way can he hope to avert the vote against him and his party in these 12 doubtful weetern states of the members of the Woman's party." G.O.P. VICTORY SEEH BY MAINE ELECTION Washington, Sept. 12. 'There la now no question about Hughes' elec tion," said Congressman Frank P. Woods, Iowa, chairman of the repub lican congressional campaign com mittee, commenting on the Maine election. "The whole fight will be over the seats In congress. Yesterday's result makes it necessary for us to elect on jly eight more senators to seats now (held hy democrats to overturn the democratic majority, while a change of 15 will do the same thing in the house. We expect to win a working majority." The vote In Maine Is a good omen, according to Secretary of the Navy Daniels. j "An analysis of the vote shows that about "7.000 republicans voted for jMllllkeu, the republican gubernatorial nominee," said Daniels, "from 69,000 to 70,000 republicans voted for re publican senatorial nominees. This means that from 7,000 to 8,000 re' publicans voted with the democrat! on national Issues. "In the old days republican majori ties were engulfing. The average ma jority was about 80,000. When this Is remembered, the 1 5,000 majority of yesterday seems .paltry. "It was only to be expected that more progressives would turn back to their old party In a rock-ribbed re publican etate than would desert to the democracy. This will be the ease In all normally republican states. But In doubtful states, such as Now York, the majority of progressives will stay away from their old stand- pat friends." WANTED BY SUFFS WHOLE NUMBER 1MTW TO TILL SOIL OF BO U. S.-Ueiica)i Cczzissica Plans Regeneration cf tie Scuthera Republic Tlrcci Aid of American Farcers New London, Conn., Sept ll. , American farmers to till Mexican soli, and American teachers to train Mexi can minds that waa a plan before the American-Mexican peace commis sion today. - Such a program was intended to be part of Mexico's contemplated regen eration. The commission agreed that it wonld be feasible. As formulated thus far, the scheme Is only to have such numbers of Americans as will set an example for the Mexicans and there ts every In tention to avoid anything that smacks of American Interference pr control. The Mexicans presented data today, supplementing yesterday's on rail-, -roads, to show that there is an honest ' effort to make the rich country be low the Rio Grande blossom anew after six years of civil strife. They told the American commis sioners that while crops in some parts . of Mexico have suffered from lack of labor, other portions show a remark able productivity. These essential, , underlying economic problems will be . thoroughly probed before the ques tion of withdrawing American troops Is determined definitely. Both sides agree that work mast be provided, and that the uneducated ' must be taught before Mexico can have any assurance of continued pro gress. President Wilson's presence in New London, six miles from the Giiswold hotel, commission headquarters, bad no effect upon the meetings. The American group stated that their visit there last night was strictly to pay their condolences, and not to talk Mexican matters. Secretary of the Interior Lane and hla conferees hoped to be able to re port to the president within the next few days a definite plan contemplat ing withdrawal of, American troops from Mexico and restriction of the . border patrol, with fewer men than at present. New London, Conn., Sept. 12. Supporting their claim that the Car rania regime Is now in a Btrong post- -tlon and that its strength will become even greater, the Mexican commis sioners announced here today that s. call tor a constitutional convention may be momentarily expected. The convention will be followed by state and presidential elections. The con vention Is expected to sit before the first of next year. . . The morning conference between ; the American and Mexican commis sioners today was given over to con sideration of political developments In Mexico since the Aguas Callentes convention. All of the commissioners called on President -Wilson today to pay theltj r respects at 2 o'clock this kfternoon ' ! GEKMAN MUNITION DEPOTS SET OX FIRE London, Sept. 12. Artillery activ ity along the front between Delviile wood and the Mouquet farm was re ported by General Halg this after noon. At Orandcourt two German munition depots were set afire. ft 7 I t i
